i used no.2 blades,
i do a lot of potraits and all i use are no.2 spirals,but for a change i used normal blades,which i found hard too master after a long spell on the spirals,but we got there.i did use the spiirals for some of the lines on the angel.
the whole piece took a lot longer than normal,on account of my blade change.one mistake i made was i sanded too much on the overlay,if you look closly you can see i sanded through some of the veneer in places